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AMY McNEILAGE, JOURNALIST
Fairfax Media’s Amy McNeilage won the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year award
for her series on large-scale cheating in top Australian universities. Afer an email tip-of, she
and colleague Lisa Visentin discovered a website selling ghostwritten essays to thousands of
international students, many of them Chinese. Since her stories broke, more than 70 students
have faced severe penalties, including revocation of degrees, expulsion and ‘fail’ grades. Some
universities have also changed their assessment structures in response. The 25-year-old said she
was “still in shock” following her win and hoped to continue to work as an investigative reporter.
Filmmaker George Miller
became an unlikely feminist
became an unlikely feminist
hero with the release of
hero with the release of
Mad Max: Fury Road, the
Mad Max: Fury Road, the
latest in his apocalyptic
latest in his apocalyptic
action adventures. From
action adventures. From
Charlize Theron playing the
Charlize Theron playing the
tough Imperator Furiosa
tough Imperator Furiosa
to the interesting group of
to the interesting group of
kidnapped wives she spends
kidnapped wives she spends
her time rescuing, these
her time rescuing, these
strong female characters are
strong female characters are
in stark contrast to the usual
in stark contrast to the usual
Hollywood fare. Miller’s
Hollywood fare. Miller’s
wife Margaret Sixel edited
wife Margaret Sixel edited
the flm and he also asked
the flm and he also asked
feminist activist Eve Ensler
feminist activist Eve Ensler
to join the cast on set and
to join the cast on set and
conduct workshops about
conduct workshops about
violence against women,
violence against women,
particularly in war zones.
particularly in war zones.
“I’ve gone from being very
“I’ve gone from being very
male dominant to being
male dominant to being
surrounded by magnifcent
surrounded by magnifcent
women,” Miller told Vanity
women,” Miller told Vanity
Fair. “I can’t help but be a
Fair. “I can’t help but be a
feminist.” The movie was
feminist.” The movie was
awarded Best Film of the
awarded Best Film of the
Year by the International
Year by the International
Federation of Film Critics,
Federation of Film Critics,
comprising some 500 of
comprising some 500 of
the world’s top critics.
the world’s top critics.
FELICITY WADE
ENVIRONMENTAL
CAMPAIGNER
Felicity Wade and her
volunteers at LEAN (Labor
Environment Action Network)
mounted a successful
grassroots campaign to
put climate change back on
Labor’s federal policy agenda.
In the lead-up to the party’s
National Conference in July,
they convinced 370 local
Labor branches, which
in turn prompted leader Bill
Shorten to announce a new
Labor policy: by 2030, 50 per
cent of power generation in
Australia would be obtained
from renewable sources. “For
our campaign of rank-and-fle
Labor members, having got
the Parliamentary party to
really step up is an incredibly
satisfying feeling,” says Wade,
a former Wilderness Society
campaign manager.
GEORGE
MILLER
FILMMAKER
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DECEMBER 2015 VIRGIN AUSTRALIA
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